Peter Glaze - Revision history

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	'''William George Peter Glaze''' (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an [[w:England\|English]] comedian born in [[w:London\|London]]. He appeared in ''[[w:Crackerjack! (TV series)\|Crackerjack!]]'' with [[w:Eamonn Andrews\|Eamonn Andrews]] and [[Leslie Crowther]] in the 1960s, and with [[w:Michael Aspel\|Michael Aspel]], [[w:Don Maclean\|Don Maclean]] and [[w:Bernie Clifton\|Bernie Clifton]] in the 1970s. In ''Crackerjack!'' sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[w:alliterative\|alliterative]] reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". He regularly uttered the expression "[[D'oh!]]", originated by [[James Finlayson (actor)\|James Finlayson]] in [[w:Laurel and Hardy\|Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[w:Homer Simpson\|Homer Simpson]]. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game ''[[w:Twenty Questions#United Kingdom\|Twenty Questions]]'', along with [[w:Joy Adamson\|Joy Adamson]], [[w:Anona Winn\|Anona Winn]] and [[w:Norman Hackforth\|Norman Hackforth]].		'''William George Peter Glaze''' (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an [[w:England\|English]] comedian born in [[w:London\|London]]. He appeared in ''[[w:Crackerjack! (TV series)\|Crackerjack!]]'' with [[w:Eamonn Andrews\|Eamonn Andrews]] and [[Leslie Crowther]] in the 1960s, and with [[w:Michael Aspel\|Michael Aspel]], [[w:Don Maclean\|Don Maclean]] and [[w:Bernie Clifton\|Bernie Clifton]] in the 1970s. In ''Crackerjack!'' sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[w:alliterative\|alliterative]] reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". He regularly uttered the expression "D'oh!", originated by [[James Finlayson (actor)\|James Finlayson]] in [[w:Laurel and Hardy\|Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[w:Homer Simpson\|Homer Simpson]]. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game ''[[w:Twenty Questions#United Kingdom\|Twenty Questions]]'', along with [[w:Joy Adamson\|Joy Adamson]], [[w:Anona Winn\|Anona Winn]] and [[w:Norman Hackforth\|Norman Hackforth]].

	Glaze was the son of an [[w:actor-manager\|actor-manager]] and began his career in entertainment as a comedian at the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]] in 1946.<ref>1946 Windmill Theatre - Revudeville 15th Year Programme - Glenn Christodoulou Collection</ref> He was [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]]'s understudy and appeared in the 1981 musical ''Underneath the Arches'', with [[Roy Hudd]] and [[w:Christopher Timothy\|Christopher Timothy]] as [[Flanagan and Allen]]; he assisted Hudd in a re-creation of one of the Gang's routines for a televised [[w:Royal Variety Performance\|Royal Variety Performance]] in 1982. He also appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[w:The Sensorites\|The Sensorites]]'' (1964); and in ''[[w:The Sweeney\|The Sweeney]]'' episode "Big Spender" (1975) as Joe Spratt. Glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the ''[[Hancock's Half Hour\|Hancock]]'' episode "[[The Bowmans]]" (1961).		Glaze was the son of an [[w:actor-manager\|actor-manager]] and began his career in entertainment as a comedian at the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]] in 1946.<ref>1946 Windmill Theatre - Revudeville 15th Year Programme - Glenn Christodoulou Collection</ref> He was [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]]'s understudy and appeared in the 1981 musical ''Underneath the Arches'', with [[Roy Hudd]] and [[w:Christopher Timothy\|Christopher Timothy]] as [[Flanagan and Allen]]; he assisted Hudd in a re-creation of one of the Gang's routines for a televised [[w:Royal Variety Performance\|Royal Variety Performance]] in 1982. He also appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[w:The Sensorites\|The Sensorites]]'' (1964); and in ''[[w:The Sweeney\|The Sweeney]]'' episode "Big Spender" (1975) as Joe Spratt. Glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the ''[[Hancock's Half Hour\|Hancock]]'' episode "[[The Bowmans]]" (1961).

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	'''William George Peter Glaze''' (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an [[w:England\|English]] comedian born in [[w:London\|London]]. He appeared in ''[[w:Crackerjack! (TV series)\|Crackerjack!]]'' with [[w:Eamonn Andrews\|Eamonn Andrews]] and [[Leslie Crowther]] in the 1960s, and with [[w:Michael Aspel\|Michael Aspel]], [[Don Maclean]] and [[Bernie Clifton]] in the 1970s. In ''Crackerjack!'' sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[w:alliterative\|alliterative]] reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". He regularly uttered the expression "[[D'oh!]]", originated by [[James Finlayson (actor)\|James Finlayson]] in [[w:Laurel and Hardy\|Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[w:Homer Simpson\|Homer Simpson]]. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game ''[[w:Twenty Questions#United Kingdom\|Twenty Questions]]'', along with [[w:Joy Adamson\|Joy Adamson]], [[w:Anona Winn\|Anona Winn]] and [[w:Norman Hackforth\|Norman Hackforth]].		'''William George Peter Glaze''' (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an [[w:England\|English]] comedian born in [[w:London\|London]]. He appeared in ''[[w:Crackerjack! (TV series)\|Crackerjack!]]'' with [[w:Eamonn Andrews\|Eamonn Andrews]] and [[Leslie Crowther]] in the 1960s, and with [[w:Michael Aspel\|Michael Aspel]], [[w:Don Maclean\|Don Maclean]] and [[w:Bernie Clifton\|Bernie Clifton]] in the 1970s. In ''Crackerjack!'' sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[w:alliterative\|alliterative]] reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". He regularly uttered the expression "[[D'oh!]]", originated by [[James Finlayson (actor)\|James Finlayson]] in [[w:Laurel and Hardy\|Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[w:Homer Simpson\|Homer Simpson]]. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game ''[[w:Twenty Questions#United Kingdom\|Twenty Questions]]'', along with [[w:Joy Adamson\|Joy Adamson]], [[w:Anona Winn\|Anona Winn]] and [[w:Norman Hackforth\|Norman Hackforth]].

	Glaze was the son of an [[w:actor-manager\|actor-manager]] and began his career in entertainment as a comedian at the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]] in 1946.<ref>1946 Windmill Theatre - Revudeville 15th Year Programme - Glenn Christodoulou Collection</ref> He was [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]]'s understudy and appeared in the 1981 musical ''Underneath the Arches'', with [[Roy Hudd]] and [[w:Christopher Timothy\|Christopher Timothy]] as [[Flanagan and Allen]]; he assisted Hudd in a re-creation of one of the Gang's routines for a televised [[w:Royal Variety Performance\|Royal Variety Performance]] in 1982. He also appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[w:The Sensorites\|The Sensorites]]'' (1964); and in ''[[w:The Sweeney\|The Sweeney]]'' episode "Big Spender" (1975) as Joe Spratt. Glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the ''[[Hancock's Half Hour\|Hancock]]'' episode "[[The Bowmans]]" (1961).		Glaze was the son of an [[w:actor-manager\|actor-manager]] and began his career in entertainment as a comedian at the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]] in 1946.<ref>1946 Windmill Theatre - Revudeville 15th Year Programme - Glenn Christodoulou Collection</ref> He was [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]]'s understudy and appeared in the 1981 musical ''Underneath the Arches'', with [[Roy Hudd]] and [[w:Christopher Timothy\|Christopher Timothy]] as [[Flanagan and Allen]]; he assisted Hudd in a re-creation of one of the Gang's routines for a televised [[w:Royal Variety Performance\|Royal Variety Performance]] in 1982. He also appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[w:The Sensorites\|The Sensorites]]'' (1964); and in ''[[w:The Sweeney\|The Sweeney]]'' episode "Big Spender" (1975) as Joe Spratt. Glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the ''[[Hancock's Half Hour\|Hancock]]'' episode "[[The Bowmans]]" (1961).

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	\| death_place = [[Dartford]], [[Kent]]		\| death_place = [[w:Dartford\|Dartford]], [[w:Kent\|Kent]]
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	'''William George Peter Glaze''' (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an [[England\|English]] comedian born in [[London]]. He appeared in ''[[Crackerjack! (TV series)\|Crackerjack!]]'' with [[Eamonn Andrews]] and [[Leslie Crowther]] in the 1960s, and with [[Michael Aspel]], [[Don Maclean]] and [[Bernie Clifton]] in the 1970s. In ''Crackerjack!'' sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[alliterative]] reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". He regularly uttered the expression "[[D'oh!]]", originated by [[James Finlayson (actor)\|James Finlayson]] in [[Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[Homer Simpson]]. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game ''[[Twenty Questions#United Kingdom\|Twenty Questions]]'', along with [[Joy Adamson]], [[Anona Winn]] and [[Norman Hackforth]].		'''William George Peter Glaze''' (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an [[w:England\|English]] comedian born in [[w:London\|London]]. He appeared in ''[[w:Crackerjack! (TV series)\|Crackerjack!]]'' with [[w:Eamonn Andrews\|Eamonn Andrews]] and [[Leslie Crowther]] in the 1960s, and with [[w:Michael Aspel\|Michael Aspel]], [[Don Maclean]] and [[Bernie Clifton]] in the 1970s. In ''Crackerjack!'' sketches, he usually played a pompous or middle-class character, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an [[w:alliterative\|alliterative]] reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". He regularly uttered the expression "[[D'oh!]]", originated by [[James Finlayson (actor)\|James Finlayson]] in [[w:Laurel and Hardy\|Laurel and Hardy]] films, long before it became associated with cartoon character [[w:Homer Simpson\|Homer Simpson]]. He was also on the panel of the long-running radio panel game ''[[w:Twenty Questions#United Kingdom\|Twenty Questions]]'', along with [[w:Joy Adamson\|Joy Adamson]], [[w:Anona Winn\|Anona Winn]] and [[w:Norman Hackforth\|Norman Hackforth]].

	Glaze was the son of an [[actor-manager]] and began his career in entertainment as a comedian at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1946.<ref>1946 Windmill Theatre - Revudeville 15th Year Programme - Glenn Christodoulou Collection</ref> He was [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]]'s understudy and appeared in the 1981 musical ''Underneath the Arches'', with [[Roy Hudd]] and [[Christopher Timothy]] as [[Flanagan and Allen]]; he assisted Hudd in a re-creation of one of the Gang's routines for a televised [[Royal Variety Performance]] in 1982. He also appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[The Sensorites]]'' (1964); and in ''[[The Sweeney]]'' episode "Big Spender" (1975) as Joe Spratt. Glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the ''[[Hancock's Half Hour\|Hancock]]'' episode "[[The Bowmans]]" (1961).		Glaze was the son of an [[w:actor-manager\|actor-manager]] and began his career in entertainment as a comedian at the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]] in 1946.<ref>1946 Windmill Theatre - Revudeville 15th Year Programme - Glenn Christodoulou Collection</ref> He was [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)\|The Crazy Gang]]'s understudy and appeared in the 1981 musical ''Underneath the Arches'', with [[Roy Hudd]] and [[w:Christopher Timothy\|Christopher Timothy]] as [[Flanagan and Allen]]; he assisted Hudd in a re-creation of one of the Gang's routines for a televised [[w:Royal Variety Performance\|Royal Variety Performance]] in 1982. He also appeared in ''[[Whack-O!]]'' (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[w:The Sensorites\|The Sensorites]]'' (1964); and in ''[[w:The Sweeney\|The Sweeney]]'' episode "Big Spender" (1975) as Joe Spratt. Glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the ''[[Hancock's Half Hour\|Hancock]]'' episode "[[The Bowmans]]" (1961).

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